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972 So. 2d 1119

Docket No. 4D07-3223.

AJUSTE v. State

Laurent AJUSTE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 6, 2008.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2008-02-06

Relies on Spera v. State · 923 So. 2d 543 - Spera v. State

Decided 2008-02-06

¶1Laurent Ajuste, Doral, pro se.

¶2Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melanie Dale Surber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

¶3

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5Laurent Ajuste appeals the summary denial of his rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. Within the pleading, Ajuste raised five grounds for relief. We summarily affirm the denial of grounds one, three, four, and five, as they are wholly without merit or conclusively refuted by the record. Further, we affirm the denial of subparts (c) and (d) in ground two for the same reason. We write to explain why the appellant is entitled to amend portions of ground two, in light of the supreme court's ruling in Spera v. State,971 So.2d 754 (Fla.2007), rehearing denied,2007 WL 4624016 (Fla. Dec. 26, 2007).

¶6In ground two, subparts (a) and (b), Ajuste claims his attorney failed to adequately investigate an alibi witness. As Written, the allegation of error is legally insufficient as it fails to allege the content of the alibi witness's testimony or specifically how this testimony would have aided the defense. While the lower court properly determined these allegations were legally insufficient, and likely relied upon our prior holding in Spera v. State,923 So.2d 543 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006) (en banc), quashed by971 So.2d 754 (Fla.2007), rehearing denied,2007 WL 4624016 (Fla. Dec. 26, 2007), it is now clear that the supreme court has determined the proper method of disposition is to strike these legally insufficient claims to allow for an amendment, if possible.

¶7As such, we reverse, in part, the lower court's order denying relief. In the instant case, the denial on the merits effectively prevented any amendment by Ajuste. Thus, we reverse and remand for the lower court to strike those portions of the motion with leave to amend within a specific period of time, as described in Spera.

¶8*1120Reversed and remanded with instructions.

¶9SHAHOOD, C.J., WARNER and GROSS, JJ., concur.

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